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Maurolicus
Sign in to saveMaurolicus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, but the brilliant pearlside is the related Argyripnus iridescens. Occasionally, "bristle-mouth fishes" is used as a common name, but that usually refers to the genus Argyripnus or the family Gonostomatidae.
Species
キュウリエソ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderStomiiformes
- FamilySternoptychidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 89
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Collections
- NCSM, NHMUK, NMV, MNHN, YPM
- Recorded in
- Europe, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Iran, Italie, United States
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Maurolicus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, but the brilliant pearlside is the related Argyripnus iridescens. Occasionally, "bristle-mouth fishes" is used as a common name, but that usually refers to the genus Argyripnus or the family Gonostomatidae.
Fossils of pearlsides are known from the Miocene.
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